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Adoption Agency
Procedures and Criteria for Applicant to be Followed for the Adoption of Indonesian Children

  1. Prospective adopters first must be approved by the state or Territory adoption authority. The Sayap Ibu Foundation is the agency approved by the Department of Social Affairs on Social Welfare to make arrangements and give assistance for adoption by foreigners.
     
  2. Criteria for Prospective Adopters

    The Sayap Ibu Foundation gives preference to people meeting the following requirements:
     
    1. Age limits: 25-45 years(Husband 45 years, wife 40 years at the maximum)
    2. Married for at least 5 years
    3. Residency and permanent occupation in Indonesia for a minimum of 2 years with a permit issued by the local regent and from the concerned Embassy/ Consulate in Jakarta Indonesia
    4. Childless couples, or those who already have a child or have adopted an Indonesia child. If a child from another country has been adopted previously, they would not agree to an Indonesia child being adopted into the family
    5. Belief in God
    6. Both parents must appear in court
       
    7. Documents Required
      Court requires the following document from applicants, and these will be forwarded by the State Adoption Authority to Sayap Ibu Foundation:
      A
      1. Letter of approval for adopting and Indonesian child from the concerned Embassy/Consulate in Indonesia
      2. Marriage Certificate + KBRI + Stamp from Embassy of Indonesia
      3. Birth Certificate + KBRI + Stamp from Embassy of Indonesia
      4. Birth Certificate of the previous child +KBRI + Stamp from Embassy of Indonesia
      5. References of the close relatives from both side

        Those documents(2 to 5) must be authenticated by the Embassy of te Country of extraction in Jakarta and the Indonesian Embassy/Consulate of the concerned country of origin.

      B

        • Health statement by Medical practitioner in Indonesia from Governments hospital for husband and wife (original copy)
        • Statement from a Gynecologist regarding involuntary childlessness in Indonesia from governments (original copy)
      2. Original income statement and should be acknowledge by the embassy of the origin country
      3. Good conduct statement from the Police Resort for husband and wife (original copy)
      4. 3(three) pieces of photos(4x3cm)
      5. Statements from the adoptive parents that they will contact the Indonesian Embassy at the future areas of residence (signed above a seal of Rp.6000) and should be acknowledge by the Embassy of the origin country
      6. Statement of the motivation for adopting an Indonesian child (signed above a seal of Rp.6000) and should be acknowledge by the Embassy of the origin country
      7.  Statement of domicile from the concerned Embassy in Jakarta and from the local regent (RT/RW/Lurah/Camat)
      8. Copy of the Passport and KIMS/KITAS
      9. A  letter is required from the concerned Embassy in Jakarta stating that the child will be allowed to enter the country after the adoption in granted, and that under adoption legislation an adopted child becomes a child of the adopters as if he/she had been born to them in marriage.
         
    8. Translation
      All foreign languan documents must be translated by a sworn translator in Indonesia, which will be executed by Yayasan Sayap Ibu. On assistance adoption's payment.
       
    9. Cost
      The Administration fee is very reasonable and all payment should be done to our account No. 228-300301-9 in BCA(Bank Central Asia) in Rupiah or directly to our cashier.
Adoption Agency

Documents

Title Publication date
Verbod adoptie tsunami-wezen (Indonesië) 2005 Jan 4
Adoption law 'encourages' illegal adoption 2004 Nov 19